Spotlight: "The Blonde"

From the New York Times
bestselling author Anna Godbersen and Alloy Entertainment, a chilling
reimagining of the life of Marilyn Monroe that is part biography, part
love story, and part thriller.

Marilyn Monroe is at the height
of her fame, the object of the world’s desire. Attention is her drug,
the very definition of who she is. Her own wants and needs have become
fleeting at best, as if she sees herself only through others’ eyes. But
there is one thing Marilyn still wishes for beyond all else—to meet her
real father. That’s the part you already know, the legend—but here’s the
part that’s never been told.

In Anna Godbersen’s imaginative
novel, set at the height of the Cold War, a young, unknown Norma Jean
meets a man in Los Angeles—a Soviet agent? A Russian spy?—who transforms
her into Marilyn the star. And when she reaches the pinnacle of
success, he comes back for his repayment. He shows her a photo of her
estranged father and promises to reunite them in exchange for
information: Find out something about presidential candidate John F.
Kennedy that no one else knows. At first, Marilyn is bored by the
prospect of, once again, using a man’s attraction to get what she needs.
But when she meets the magnetic Jack Kennedy, she realizes that this
isn’t going to be a simple game. What started with the earnest desire to
meet her father has grave consequences for her, for the bright young
Kennedy, and for the entire nation. The Blonde is a vivid tableau of American celebrity, sex, love, violence, power, and paranoia.